Improvement in camp-stools



W. A. GRAHAM.

CAMP-STOOL.

1%.. 179.012. Patented Jun020.1876.

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WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, OF CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CAMP-STOOLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 179,012, dated June 20, 1876; application filed April 7, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, of Garlisle, in the county of Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in PocketGamp- Stools; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which .form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to portable seats or camp-stools and the invention consists in constructing the hollow pillar or casing in two parts, so that the seat may be conveniently carried in the pocket if desired, and the parts 'be readily united to form the seat or stool when required, all as hereafter more fully set forth. In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is an elevation of my improved pocket campstool or portable seat. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same, with the seat portion and legs or supports folded and slid within the hollow casing or cylinder. Fig. 3 is an elevation, showing the device arranged as a table, and Fig. 4 is a top or plan view of the same.

Referring to the parts by letters, A A represent a hollow pillar or casing made in two parts, and so as to unite, as shown at a. The joint may be of any convenient form which will permit of the parts being readily attached and detached, and which will hold them when united without danger of breaking or oomin g apart. The pillar or casing may also be made of any desirable form or contour, so long as it is suitable for use as a pillar or pedestal, and a case for inclosing the seat and legs or supports, when not required for use. The lower end or base of the pillar is enlarged and beveled from theinterior to the exterior periphery, as shown at a. B represents a circular block or hub, the upper end of which fits the internal periphery of the pillar A, its lower portion being of less diameter. b represents longitudinal or vertical grooves formed in the block B, and 0 represents a series of three or more bars or legs, the upper ends of which are pivoted in the grooves 11, by means of a ring or wire which is passed through them, and is seated in a circumferential groove formed in the lower portion of the block B. B represents a block or hub of similar construction with the block B, and 0 represents a series of bars which are pivoted to the block B in the same manner as the legs 0 are pivoted to the block B. The pivoted .bars 0 are united by strips m of canvas, or other fibrous or elastic material, which will permit of the bars being folded or brought together, and slid within the cylinder A, and which will, when the bars 0 It will be seen that the seat portion may be folded up and slid within the portion A of the pillar, and. that the supports or legs 0 may also be folded together and slid within the portion A. The two parts A A may then be disconnected, and as each part need not exceed six or seven inches in length, they may be conveniently carried in the pocket until required for use,

When required for use as a stool or seat, it is only necessary to unite the parts A A, and draw out and expand the barsC O.

Rings or stops D D are provided in the ends of the parts A A, to prevent the seat and legs or supports from dropping out through the cylindrical portion A A, and shoulders e or other stop devices may be used for preventing the seat and support portions from becoming detached when the parts A A are disconnected.

It will be evident that by connecting or covering the bars 0 with a web ofthin cloth, rubber, leather, or other suitable material, instead of the strips m, the stool may be used as well for the purposes of a table, fruit-stand, &c., as for a seat, and may be so varied in its size and proportions as to adapt it to either or all of these purposes. Again, instead of forming the lower end of the lower half A of the standard of the stool with a conical depression all case is made in twoparts, the one part carryin g the seat, and the other the legs or support, so that they may be readily detached from each other to increase their portability, as set orth.

In testimony that I claimithe foregoing as my own I afiix my signature in presence of two wltnesses.

W. A. GRAHAM.

Witnesses:

D. G. STUART, A. MGCALLUM. 

